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Close to perfect.

Your New Favorite Travel Companion

Take hold of the textured grip and capture your next adventure with ultra-sharp precision. This 20.4MP beauty sports a
30x optical zoom and advanced 3-way image that makes action shots crystal clear.
Add full manual control for more creative shots and 1080/60p movie recording for smoother footage.
You can even map your memories with built-in GPS tagging and accessorize with a wide variety of available extras.

Amazing 30x Zoom

Zoom in incredibly close for great sports, travel and wildlife photos. The Cyber-shot HX50V camera boasts a powerful 30x optical zoom plus 60x Clear Image digital zoom technology to bring you near enough to capture the most distant details-from leaves on the trees, to smiles on the soccer field. The camera's powerful processor reduces graininess for crisper, higher-quality close-ups.

Say Goodbye to Blur

Your subject stays stabile even when your hand is anything but. Optical SteadyShot
image stabilization compensates for camera shake by countering camera
movements in both horizontal and vertical directions. Plus, Active 3-Way
stabilization keeps things even steadier with digital rolling control that offsets
clockwise and counterclockwise rotations, so videos are smoother even while
zoomed in close.

Pixel Power in Low Light

With the 20.4-megapixel Exmor R CMOS sensor, you can capture
high-resolution images that take full advantage of the high-quality Sony G
lens. More pixels means you can enlarge, zoom in and crop your photos
without losing detail. Advanced processing technology reduces noise and
graininess for incredibly crisp, clear imageseven in challenging low-light
conditions.

Amazing HD Movies

Record crystal-clear movies at the highest resolution available with Full HD 1080/60p video capture (records in 29-minute segments). Stunning, fast-motion video with reduced distortion looks great when played back on your HDTV2. Notice a perfect photo opp while shooting video? With dual record of stills and movies, you can shoot both at the same time.

Total Control

For creative flexibility, the Cyber-shot HX50V features full manual and
dedicated EV control dial. You can enter Program Auto (P), Aperture Priority
(A), Shutter Speed Priority (S) or Manual Exposure (M) mode.

Never Miss the Moment

With high-speed shooting of up to 10 fps (frames per second) at full 20.4-megapixel resolution, it's perfect for sports, action photography, or capturing a unique sequence of photos. Your shots will be clear and blur-free thanks to a mechanical shutter which helps reduce distortion when continuously shooting moving subjects. The HX50V also features 5-blade aperture for smooth background defocusing

PlayMemories Online

With PlayMemories Online, all of your photos and videos can finally be stored, accessed and neatly organized in one place – regardless which device they were taken with. Enjoy your memories wherever, whenever you want on your smartphone, tablet, computer or TV. All images and video clips are automatically optimized to the screen size they're on. Create a photo album in 3 easy steps to share with friends and family via email or brighten a loved one's inbox with a personalized postcard – it's easy.

Features

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30x optical zoom plus 60x Clear Image Digital Zoom

Get super close with 30x optical zoom plus 60x Clear Image digital zoom. Most digital zooms use electronic cropping to get closer to the subject, resulting in unsharp images. With Clear Image Zoom the powerful processor compares patterns found in adjacent pixels and creates new pixels to match selected patterns, resulting in more realistic, higher-quality images. Clear Image Zoom doubles optical zoom for closer photos.

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Optical SteadyShot® image stabilization

Optical SteadyShot® image stabilization reduces shake and blur by countering camera movements in both horizontal and vertical directions.³ Active 3-Way stabilization adds digital rolling control that counters clockwise and anti-clockwise rotation, resulting in more stable videos even at long focal lengths.

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20.4 Megapixel Back-illuminated Exmor® R CMOS Image Sensor

This camera features a 20.4 megapixel Exmor® R CMOS image sensor that brings out the full resolving power of the camera’s Carl Zeiss® Vario-Sonnar T* lens to deliver extremely fast speed, high resolution, and stunning low-light sensitivity with improved image clarity and drastically reduced grain.

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Full HD 1080/60p

Record crystal clear movies at the highest resolution available with capabilities for 60p in 1080 AVCHD™ video.¹ This provides stunning, fast motion video with less distortion for playback on your HD TV.2 With dual record of stills and movies, you can shoot both at the same time.

Capture full 20.4 megapixel resolution images at up to 10 frames per second, helping to ensure that the decisive moment is captured such as the soccer ball flying into the goal. In addition, a mechanical shutter helps reduce distortion when continuously shooting moving subjects.

Rated 4 out of 5 by SonyKid Packs a punch...
The good is the incredibly small pocket size camera with an excellent super zoom and good image stablization. Photo quality is good and on par with the other point and shots (I've had them all, but really like the size of this one!) Has nice array of artistic features. The lens and zoom are exellent throughout, and the Sony technology of the close up zoom over the optical is spectacular.
The not so good is the aperture is not fast enough, no RAW, no touch screen. More in-camera editing options would be nice. The one thing I really didn't like about the camera is that in bright sunshine, it is virtually impossible to see the LCD screen. Camera funtions superbly in sunshine and struggles in shadows and dark areas. Really a daylight camera.
I give it 4 out of 5 stars. a very noble attempt. it's as good as the Canon and Fuji point and shoots but stands out for its small size and packs a good photo punch.
August 20, 2013

Rated 2 out of 5 by colo Disappointing
I have the previous model DSC-HX30V- the long zoom lens extension has allowed dust to get behind the lens rendering this nice camera unusable. The dust creates dark spots on the pictures and when using zoom lens they are a black spots that look like flies on all my pictures. So buyer beware. It takes great pictures until dust gets behind the lens. -I have been very disappointed with Sony overall trying to get a repair for the flat rate fee of $141. I was told to schedule repair online. When I was done it would not take information and told me to call a number which put me on hold for 20 min w/ 2 transfers. I finally had to hang up. Even submitting a review is difficult.
July 30, 2014

Rated 5 out of 5 by coinman Outstanding point and shoot
This camera will rival most dslr cameras with its picture quality. The wi-fi feature works great and downloads are easy to complete wirelessly. The 30x zoom is smooth and responsive. I really like the ability to take pictures in low light without a flash. A viewfinder would be nice but it is the same price as the camera, not cost effective at this time. A great camera overall.
August 6, 2013

Rated 1 out of 5 by DAVEEEE HORRIBLE PICTURES JUST LIKE THE HX20V
I was hoping for an improvement over the hx20v but was not satisfied. still the same watercolor looking pictures as before.
if you like picture with lost of artifacts , noise,just plain weird.. this is the camera for you...don't know why people are not honest with their reviews . if they looked at their pics on something bigger that their phone they will see the pics are horrible.
May 9, 2014

Rated 5 out of 5 by RockLegendsPhotoraphers The HX50 is Perfect for professionals as a quick p
We are [professional concert photographers (Sony should sponsor us) and 17 of our 40 photographers shoot with the Sony A77. I usually shoot on the stage or in the photographers pit and my lens of choice is my Minolta 80-200 2.8. The problem with it is when the artist walks right up to me and makes faces or goes into a solo they fall within my minimal focus distance and I can't get the shot. The solution was to get a good low light performing point and shoot that is easy to shoot with to capture those closeups when I can't carry a second body with a wide angle lens. After trying several of the highest rated low light cameras we ended up back with Sony for another great camera. The camera provides easy access to all the pro settings and gives us almost identical quality to our A77 images! You can see some of our fantastic Sony shots at www.rocklegendsphotos.com
February 4, 2014

Rated 5 out of 5 by BobHarris06 Awesome camera
Very impressed by this camera. Picture quality is great even in low light, even in full zoom they are good. The HD video is amazing, as good as a dedicated hand held video camera. Battery life is very good as well. Big zoom with awesome picture quality and great battery life. GPS and Wi-Fi are the icing on the cake.
December 10, 2013

Rated 5 out of 5 by Kapiko Great Upgrade!
This is great upgrade from DSC-HX30 I had .I was little afraid of the 30x zoom picture quality but I must say it is perfect!
I'm very happy with this camera. More happy than I was with RX100! Sure it does not have RAW and 1" sensor but it has the features I like more .
If you like to take beautiful pictures and videos that aren't always right front of you and share them instantly with friends and family this camera is definitely for you!!!
May 25, 2013

Rated 5 out of 5 by FOUNTAINMAN BEST CAMERA VALUE AND PERFORMANCE
HAVE USED IT FOR TWO MONTH.PRESETS ONLY UP TO NOW GOOD PICTURE AND VIDEO QUALITY.LOVE THE BUILT IN GRIP,I DO NOT HAVE TO BE CONCERNED ABOUT DROPING IT.SUGEST THE DATA PLUG IS MOVED NEXT TO CHARGE PLUG TO PERMIT TO LEAVE CAMERA ON TRIPOD WHEN USING TV..CHANGE ALL BUTTONS TO BR.COLOUR FOR BETTER SIGHT UNDER DARK COND'S INCREASE HIGHT FOR BIG FINGERS.LCD HAS PLENTY BRIGHTNES.EVEN IN SNOW AND SUN.ZOOM IS GREAT.
January 14, 2014